Reserve your spot now for the Tennessee Ancestry Library Event (TALE) on Saturday, September 20th.
"Discover and celebrate your family history! This full day of genealogy classes, sponsored by Ancestry.com and the Tennessee State Library & Archives, will be held at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel (623 Union Street, Nashville, TN 37219) on Saturday, September 20. Registration for the all-day event is only $30.00. Space is limited, register today!
Speakers will include Chuck Sherrill, J. Mark Lowe and Ancestry’s own Anne Gillespie Mitchell, Kim Harrison, Juliana Szucs Smith, Loretto (“Lou”) Szucs, and Anna Swayne. Topics include: How to Search Successfully to Tell Your Story on Ancestry.com; AncestryDNA: Another View into Your Family Story; Your Ancestor’s Lawsuit: Finding and Using Tennessee’s Supreme Court Case File; Jumpstart Your Research; and a Live Q&A Panel."
Last night the Genealogy Roadshow premiered with a stop at the Belmont Mansion in Nashville.
GENEALOGY ROADSHOW is an engaging, innovative program that reveals the bigger picture of our nation’s past, present and future,” said Beth Hoppe, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming for PBS. “With a diverse mix of stories in each episode, GENEALOGY ROADSHOW appeals to Americans interested in learning about their family histories. It also shows that no matter one’s heritage and background, everyone has a place in history.
This is the first of four stops around the country. Next Monday the Genealogy Roadshow will visit Detroit. Following weeks will feature stops in Austin and San Francisco. The program airs at 9:00 PM (8:00 Central) on Monday nights on your local Public Broadcasting channel (PBS). For now only four segments have been filmed.
The the first segment was fast paced -- almost too fast at times -- so that the stories of many everyday folks could be explored in one hour. Historical background segments were interspersed. No genealogy researcher can know too much history.
If you missed the first episode or you want to view it again to soak up all the details, you currently can view it online.
